COURTS

Charity box thieves chased through Wick

Police are trying to trace two thieves who chanced their luck stealing a charity box a petty-cash tin from a Wick business.

Witches of east Wick and west Thurso are amongst many plotted on an interactive map created by Edinburgh University academics.

A Spanish skipper who stabbed his chief mate while their fishing boat was berthed at Scrabster has been fined £250.

A former Wick man who professed his "undying love" for an underage girl he committed sex crimes against in a letter from prison has been jailed.

Pennyland Primary School in Thurso sees the positive benefits of community payback.

The Thurso drug addict who murdered his friend over a £40 debt was a champion surfer who could have pursued a career in the sport, a court has heard.

A crew member on a Spanish fishing boat saw "blood on the floor" after knife incident, a jury at Wick Sheriff Court has been told

The chief mate on a Spanish fishing boat berthed at Scrabster was stabbed by his skipper after they had been out drinking, a jury trial heard today.

A Wick man was convicted at Tain Sheriff Court on July 30 of assault to injury of a woman at a caravan park in Embo.

An armed, hooded robber - his head wrapped in toilet paper - absconded booty-free after he was challenged by a Pulteneytown cashier.